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TIL the second part.
it's the same story of 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' too
At least meritocracy makes sense vs the physically impossible bootstraps one.
Also, i thought ghengis khan was all about meritocracy. That and marrying off his daughters and sending the kings to die.
No... Genghis Khan wasn't a joke. Meritocracy is.
What a unique take on that phrase!